“But cities are not just made of bricks and mortar, they are inhabited by flesh-and-blood humans, and so must rely on the natural world to feed them. Cities, like people, are what they eat.” Carolyn Steel, from Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives, 2008 With 66% of the world’s population expected to be living... Continue Reading →
David Borthwick, who runs the University of Glasgow's masters programme Environment, Culture and Communication at the university's Dumfries Campus, reviews Lydia Fulleylove's Estuary, a new book of poems published by the excellent Two Ravens. Estuaries are, as in the title of one of Raymond Carver’s stories, ‘where water comes together with other water,’ fresh into salt,... Continue Reading →
“Tate shall disclose within 35 days from the date of this decision the BP sponsorship figures from 1990 to 2006 inclusive.”
Information Rights Decision of the First Tier Tribunal, 22 December 2014
The UK’s Information Tribunal has ordered art museum Tate to disclose the sum of money oil company BP paid as a sponsor over the years from 1990 to 2006 as well as records of internal decision-making on the controversial sponsorship deal Tate had also sought to keep secret [1]. Liberate Tate has been amongst the groups calling for this transparency.
The Freedom of Information court ruling comes after a three-year legal fight that began with Tate’s refusal to disclose sponsorship information requested by a Liberate Tate member in December 2011 [2]. The case was taken up by Request Initiative, working with campaign group Platform, and law firm Leigh Day resulting in a major legal victory for the movement…
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TALK + Seminar - 14 January 2015 15.00-19.00 Reid Auditorium. Booking here Alastair McIntosh is a writer, poet, speaker, researcher and activist. Originally from the Isle of Lewis he now lives on Govan near to the GalGael Trust, for which he is a founding trustee. “ Most of my work is constellated by a passion... Continue Reading →
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